Roma Tic (violin), Matthew Kettle (viola), Julia Morneweg (cello), and Karin Miura (piano) brought Mahler—and Dvořák—to Jihlava. The ensemble makes it a point to perform works by composers born in the country where they are appearing.

The young artists from Great Britain presented the Jihlava audience with Gustav Mahler’s single-movement Piano Quartet in A minor. As the composer’s only surviving chamber work, it offers an exceptionally valuable glimpse into his early creative period; he wrote it at the age of just sixteen, while finishing his first year at the Vienna Conservatory.

The Piano Quartet in E-flat major is Antonín Dvořák’s second—and final—work for this instrumental combination. Its first documented performance took place on October 17 of the following year in Frankfurt am Main, with subsequent performances following on November 3 in Munich, November 23 in Prague (attended by Dvořák himself), and November 24 in Manchester.

Serving as the opening act—though receiving applause nearly as sustained as that of the main performers—were students from the Music School of Jihlava. The piano trio, consisting of Marta Kodetová (flute), Anna Nosková (cello), and Antonín Nikiforov (piano), is coached by D. Slavíková, M. Charvátová, and H. Paštyková. Dmitri Shostakovich’s *Five Pieces* (selections), arranged by Bae Yumi, were performed.

Next, the Schmitt(ec) Trio—comprising Marie Matoušková (flute), Michal Kriška (clarinet), and Magdaléna Plucarová (piano), and coached by D. Slavíková, B. Nosková, and E. Fišerová—took the stage. They performed selections from *Sonatine en trio*, Op. 85, by Florent Schmitt.